John william taylor



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J. w. TAYLOR. 7 MAGHINE FOR CUTTING METAL BLANKS INTO GUTTERS.

No. 510,207. Patented Dec. 5,1893.

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J. W. T AYLORL MACHINE FOR CUTTING METAL BLANKS INTO GUTTBRS4, Nol510,207. I Patented D60. 5, 1893.

UNITE STAT-Es PATENT OFFIQE.

' J OH I\ WILLIAM TAYLOR, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING M ETAL BLANKS INTO CUTTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,207, dated December5, 1893.

Application filed March 15, 1893. Serial No. 466 148. (No model.)Patented in England March 12, 1891, No. 4,418-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM TAYLOR, engineer, a citizen of England,and a subject of Her Britannic Majesty, residing at- 85 Sycamore Road,Aston, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, England, have invented newand useful improvements in and relating to machinery for cutting metalblanks into cutters and for grinding the same, which improvements maybeapplied to milling ordrill'ing machines and other machines, and are alsoapplicable forcuttin g gear-Wheelsand bevel-wheels and for fluting tapsand such like, (for which I have obtained British Letters Patent No.4,418, bearing date March 12, 1891;) and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion,aided by the accompanying sheets of drawings.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings, Figure I is a side elevation ofthe improved machine; Fig. II a front elevation; Fig. III a plan of themachine; Fig. IV a side elevation of the additional back center bracket.

My machine consists of a horizontal cast iron table (A) and main slide(A.). Upon the table is a Vertical pivot capable of turning on itsvertical axis in the slide A and having in it a horizontal slot throughwhich there passes a bar (D.), this bar moving on the surface of thetable from the pivot as a center and with a radius which can be variedby adjusting the position of the bar (D.) in the pivot. At one end ofthe bar D is an enlarged part (F.) into which is fitted a horizontalslide (G.) capable of moving (by suitable screw G at right angles to thebar and carrying a bracket (H.). This bracket has a hole bored at rightangles to the bar to receive the mandrels (J on which the blanks (J tobe operated upon are placed, the plane of the blank thus lying in thedirection of the axis of the bar. By means of the slide (G) at the headof the bar the blank (J.) may be placed directly over the bar (D.) or atany distance within limits on either side of it. To secure the firstposition a V. shaped gage (K.) Fig. III. is made to move in a slide(K'.), Fig. 1., cut in the top of the eularged part- (F.) of the bar(D.) and directly over the center of it (the bar), so that when bothsides of the V. touch the blank itis also central with the bar. Toregulate the radius through which the mandrel (J swings, there is markedon the side of the bar (D.) a scale (D'.) which reads zero when thecenter of the mandrel (J.) is directly over the center of the pivot(B.).

Theblank (J is spaced to enable the desired number of teeth to be cut initby means of a dividing plate (L) placed on the mandrel (I), and acatch (L) fixed to the mandrel bracket (I-l.) and engaging with thenotches in the rim of the dividing plate (L.).

The table (A.) main slide (A) together with the pivot (B.) arm or bar(D.), 850., can be moved bodily in a horizontal direction by a suitablehandle and screw (M.) in a slide (M.) cut on the top of a short pedestal(N). The bottom of this pedestal (N.) fits into a base plate (N.), butis capable of being rotated into and fixed at any angle up to ninetydegrees; the base plate (N.) being clamped to the table of any drillingor vertical milling machine.

Supposing it be required to make a radius cutter having a cutting-edgeof one-half inch radius and an outside diameter of five inches; theblank is fixed on the mandrel (J.) and adjusted as described by the Vshaped gage (K) until the center of the cutter coincides with the axisof the bar; the scale (D.) on the side of the bar (D) being placed attwo inches the center of the radius to be cut is brought directly overthe center of the pivot (B.) and the tooth can be cut to any requireddepth by rotating the bar round the pivot.

In order to tooth a cutter of rectangular section the bar (D.) is placedin a line with the slide (A.) and is made secure by the screw or bolt(A.) which passes through the end of the bar (D.). The pins that screwthe machine to the base plate (N.) are then slackened so that themachine may be fixed to the required angle. Then, by actuating the slide(G.), the blank is operated upon by the cut- 5 ter and the requiredtaper tooth given to the wheel being produced from the blank.

What I claim is- The combination, with a mandrel for holding the blankto be cut, of the horizontal slide G provided with a bracket H forsupporting the mandrel, the horizontal bar D arranged at a right angleto the slide G and provided with the part F for supporting the saidslide, the screw G for moving the said slide crosswise of the part F,the slide A under the bar D, the pivot B journaled in the said slide andprovided with a slot 0 for the bar D to slide in,

and the table A for supporting the said slide A and the pivot,substantially as set forth. 1::

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. JOHN WILLIAM TAYLOR. [L. 8.] \Vitnesses:

THOMAS KENDRICK, ALFRED LEONARD KENDRICK.

